 Notation/arranging Program?, What's good entry level? |
 Sun 15 Sep 2002, 18:40
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I'm an amateur musician/arranger longer on theory than equipment, and so far I've been using an entry level music notation and scoring progam called MusicTime. I now have a Midi keyboard and want to connect up to the G4 so that I don't have to manually click in every friggin note and chord.
So far I haven't been able to get the Yamaha UX16 to connect with my program through the USB port (although OMS does see the translator box the keyboard is isolated from both send and receive) and the demo for Finale doesn't either. does anyone know a good entry level program that is USB aware, for notation/arrangement/scoring? At my level, performance is a bit over my needs. (I usually export midi to Quicktime for playback once I have an arrangement.) I appreciate any advice, and my price comfort level is probably US$ 300 or so. Thanks George |
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Mon 16 Sep 2002, 16:29
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I might suggest looking at Emagic Logic Audio Silver that is about $300. It will allow you to record performance or you can add note by note and it has lots of nice features for midi composing such as chord memory and groove quantizing. Actually the program is really in depth and loaded with features and may take you some time to get comfortable but it may be worth it in the long run. You can edit midi by either using grid or by actual score as well.
info found here Emagic Website if you want a suggestion for purchase... try either Musicians Friend or Sweetwater as these are the online retailers I use most. Sweetwater has best customer support and M.F. has good prices. 
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GeorgeMack Notation/arranging Program? Sun 15 Sep 2002, 18:40
GeorgeMack Thanks Synthetic. I'll take a look at it.
My... Mon 16 Sep 2002, 16:55 kevintheinvincible An entry level program running $299 is Mark o... Mon 16 Sep 2002, 18:49 ghess If your primary goal is printed music, use a notat... Tue 17 Sep 2002, 13:45 GeorgeMack I've peeked at Finale but I'll also check ... Sun 29 Sep 2002, 03:38 jockreby2000 If you find that Music Time is basically OK for yo... Sun 29 Sep 2002, 23:42 GeorgeMack Thanks I'll check that out as well. Anyone hav... Mon 30 Sep 2002, 00:31
Doug Miner I have used ENCORE, FINALE and now SIBELIUS. For s... Mon 30 Sep 2002, 02:33 |
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